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COVID-19 Symposium: Constitutional, political, social and health threats and challenges in France and the United Kingdom.
On 27 May 2021 Start at 08.45am to 1pm
COVID-19 Symposium Webinar Part one
This symposium is co-organised by Aurélien Antoine (Jean-Monnet Saint Étienne University and Lyon University), Andrew Blick (King’s College London), Géraldine Gadbin-George (Panthéon-Assas University) and Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan (Poitiers University) in association with the Franco-British Lawyers Society (FBLS).
Programme
08:45 am: Plenary session hosted by Ian Forrester and moderated by Leonardo Carpentieri, Chair of the Franco-British Lawyers Society’s English Committee.
President of the FBLS and formerly Judge of the General Court of the European Union.
Chair of the Committee of the Franco-British Lawyers Society for England and Wales.
09:00 am – 11:00 am, Roundtable 1 – “How we handled the pandemic: Public Policies and Constitutional Perspectives”
former Clerk of the House of Commons. Expertise: “Covid and the British Parliament”
Professor-Elect in Public Law at the University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Expertise: “Etat d’urgence sanitaire et contrôle parlementaire du gouvernement en France”
Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster Expertise: “The embodied Constitution: Citizens, Bodies and Covid”
Senior Lecturer in Public Law, at the University of Grenoble. Expertise: “Nationalisation en temps de pandémie: une opportunité manquée?”
PhD student in Public Law, at the University of Montpellier / Panthéon-Assas . Expertise: “La régulation économique des autorités administratives et publiques indépendantes en temps de crise sanitaire”
PhD student, King’s College London. Expertise: “Covid 19 and government communications in the UK”
11:00 am – 12:45 pm, Round Table 2 – “Pandemic and freedoms: a difficult conciliation”
Associate Professor in Law at the University of Leeds. Expertise: “Covid-19 legislation and human rights in the UK & France”
Senior Lecturer in British Studies, at the University of Poitiers. Expertise: “Defining human rights in the time of Covid (focusing mainly on France)”
Senior Lecturer in Public Law, at the University of Panthéon-Assas. Expertise: “Eurostar and the Covid crisis”
Professor in Criminal Law at the Bordeaux Law School and Head of the Bordeaux Institute of Judicial Studies (IEJ). Expertise: “Coronavirus et prison : la question des aménagements de peine des détenus”
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Toulon. Expertise: “Coronavirus crisis and disadvantaged people: the case of prisoners in light of the fundamental rights guaranteed in the course of criminal proceedings”
12:45 pm –1 pm: Questions & Answers and concluding remarks.
To register Please email Sophia Administrator at fbls@outlook.com
This event was organised with the support of the following research centres:
COVID-19 Symposium: Constitutional, political, social and health threats and challenges in France and the United Kingdom.
On 28 May 2021 Start at 08.45am to 1pm
COVID-19 Symposium Webinar Part Two
This symposium is co-organised by Aurélien Antoine (Jean-Monnet Saint Étienne University and Lyon University), Andrew Blick (King’s College London), Géraldine Gadbin-George (Panthéon-Assas University) and Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan (Poitiers University) in association with the Franco-British Lawyers Society (FBLS).
Programme:
08:45 am: Plenary session during which Lord Morgan will elaborate on the History of pandemics from the plague to Covid-19 via the Spanish Flu. This session will be moderated by Anne Cousson, Senior Lecturer in British Studies, at the University of Poitiers.
is a Labour Peer and former member of the House of Lords Constitutional Committee.
Senior Lecturer in British Studies, at the University of Poitiers.
09:00 am –11:00 am, Round Table 3 – “ Health sector (national and global) issues”
Head of Department of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital Centre, CHU Poitiers. Expertise: “Dealing with Covid in a French Hospital: Threats and Challenges”
coordinating doctor. Expertise : “ Un an de Covid en maison de retraite entre accompagnement bienveillant des personnes âgées et contrôle sanitaire”
Secretary of the FBLS and Lecturer in Private Law at the University Paris Dauphine. Expertise: “Covid caregiver reinforcement /volunteering at the French Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital”
Lecturer in Law at the Essex Law School. Expertise: “Sciences and politics in times of Covid-19: Comparison between the UK and France”
Lecturer in British Studies at the University of Pantheon-Assas. Expertise: “Covid and global health diplomacy. The case study of Britain and France”
11:00 am –12:45 pm, Round Table 4 – “What has changed and changes across different sectors and international perspective.”
Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College, London. Expertise : “Democratic innovations and the post-pandemic recovery ”
Fellow in Economics at Oxford University and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London. Expertise: “Covid and work policies”
Professor-Elect in British Studies at the University of Lyon. Expertise: “Covid-19: Boosting or killing calls for Welsh independence?”
Senior Lecturer of Political Science and US civilisation at the University of Tours. Expertise: “Coronavirus cybercrime et cyberterrorism proceedings”
Solicitor (England & Wales), Avocat à la Cour (Paris), Head of the Management Committee of the Franco-British Lawyers Society for England and Wales. Expertise: “Covid-19 and international arbitration: key procedural and substantive considerations”
12:45 pm – 1 pm: Questions & Answers and concluding remarks.
To register please contact Sophia Administrator at fbls@outlook.com
This event was organised with the support of the following research centres
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